Mrs. Xu was a little at a loss and said: "I didn't mean to do it. Don't get me wrong, sister. If she likes it, I will ask Zirong to take half of it for her."
This time, before Qi Jia could speak, Zi Rong couldn't stand it and said: "Those Biluochuns are designated by the Queen to the master, so they should not be given away casually. Besides, if other people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs see it, they might say something about Qi Jia."
Where did you steal it from?"
Qi Jia couldn't hear Zi Rong's somewhat thorny words at this moment. She stood up and stared at Zi Rong and said coldly: "What do you mean?!"
Zi Rong was not afraid of her, "I don't mean anything, I'm just telling the truth. If you find it hard to hear, you don't have to listen."
Seeing this, Mrs. Xu quickly said: "Zirong, how can you be so rude and not admit your mistake quickly?"
"My slave is not wrong, why do you have to admit it?" Zi Rong said unconvinced: "She has long been demoted to an official woman, but since she came in, she has been sarcastic and critical of her master, as if she is still a noble. Besides, she
She was demoted to the position of an official woman, and it was all her own fault. She was no different from anyone else, and had no relationship with her master at all, so why should she come to him to complain."
Qi Jia's face turned green when she heard this, and said angrily: "Yes, I am an official woman, but who are you? You are just a dog at best. When will it be a dog's turn to come to me?"
Seeing that the two of them were talking more and more, Mrs. Xu quickly stood up and smoothed things over, "Sister, Zi Rong is not sensible. Don't argue with her. Yesterday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a fresh watermelon. I will have someone put it in the house in the morning."
It's in the well water, it's just the right time to take it out, sister..."
Before Mrs. Xu could finish speaking, Mrs. Qi Jia said coldly: "No need, I can't eat it. The pearls have been delivered. It's time for me to go back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take orders."
After that, she left quickly regardless of Mrs. Xu's efforts to stay. Seeing that what was originally a good thing turned out like this, Mrs. Xu stared at Zi Rong displeasedly and said, "You girl is getting more and more unruly. Who allowed you to talk like that?"
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Zi Rong said aggrievedly: "It's not that I have no rules, I just can't stand others bullying my master. The Xu family is like this, and the Qi Jia family is like this. None of them take the master seriously."
"It's already very miserable for Qi Jia to end up like this, so why bother to step on her pain again? Anyway, she and I entered the palace together. We have some friendship, so I will try to help as much as I can." In fact, she and I entered the palace together.
Mrs. Xu didn't know Zi Rong's thoughts, but she had always been kind to others. Even if she knew that others were bullying her, she didn't want to care about them.
"Master, you are kind-hearted. If one day you are demoted to an official girl, the Qi Jia family will not sympathize with you at all, and they may even applaud you. Why should you sympathize with such a person? It is not worth it.
." Compared with Xu, Zi Rong is more
Love and hate are clear, but she quickly realized that what she said was wrong, and said quickly: "Master, I am not cursing you, I am just giving you an example. Don't take it seriously. You are such a good person, and you have favored several empresses.
How can you be demoted to an official woman if you value her so much?"
Mrs. Xu shook her head and said: "Okay, you have been with me for so long, how could I not know your temperament? Have someone take out the watermelon, cut it in half and send it to Qi Jia's house. Don't forget the tea.
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Zirong knew that her master was kind-hearted. Even if she said something, she would not listen. She could only nod in agreement, and then said: "Master, I think the pearls sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs this time are very good. How about
Slave, please grind a few pills for you to take first?"
After Mrs. Xu agreed, she withdrew, and after a while she came in with a product of goat's milk and said, "Master, I've made tapioca powder with goat's milk. You can drink it while it's hot."
Mrs. Xu nodded and took it. After taking a few sips, she saw Mrs. Xu walking in. She sat down in the chair and said, "I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a handful of pearls. Is it true?"
Zi Rong rolled her eyes secretly and said: "You are so well-informed about the news. It was only delivered less than half an hour ago, and you already knew it. I don't know, I thought you were watching all day!"
Mrs. Xu stayed here for a long time and had much contact with Zi Rong. She knew what her temper was like and was not as angry as Mrs. Qi Jia. She only said: "I am talking to your master, but you, a slave, can't interrupt me."
After that, she said to Mrs. Xu: "Sister, I'm not telling you, Zirong has a bad temper and doesn't know how to behave. As the master, you should discipline her more, otherwise she will always be like this, but she will be easily offended.
people."
"What my sister said is exactly what I said, and I will tell her properly." With that said, Mrs. Xu ordered Zirong to get the watermelon. After she left, she said, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs did send a handful of pearls just now.
I was planning to send some to my sister!"
"Then thank you sister." Mrs. Xu said politely. She had been with Mrs. Xu for the longest time and knew her temperament best, so she ate Mrs. Xu to death and kept talking to her when they met.
Nor calls.
Zi Rong, holding back her anger, placed a small bowl filled with chopped fruit pulp in front of the two of them. As soon as Xu ate a piece, she frowned and then covered her stomach.
Zi Rong saw something was wrong and said quickly: "Master, what's wrong with you?"
"I...I don't know, I suddenly felt a pain in my stomach, and...ah...ah!" Ms. Xu tried hard to speak, but found that her tongue was numb and she couldn't turn it, and her lips and nails showed a kind of
Abnormal purple color.
Not only Zi Rong, but also Mrs. Xu noticed something was wrong. She hurriedly came over and said, "Is she...poisoned?" Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly put the unfinished food in her mouth.
The watermelon spit out, and then he put his fingers into his throat and squeezed it hard, trying to vomit out all the watermelon he had eaten. Maybe the watermelon was poisonous.
Zi Rong didn't care what she did, and quickly called for the imperial doctor. She stayed by Xu's side. By the time Zhou Minghua arrived, Xu had already vomited several times and fell into a semi-conscious state.
The bluish-purple color on the lips is also more obvious.
As soon as Zi Rong saw Zhou Minghua, she choked up and said: "Physician Zhou, look at the master quickly. What's wrong with her? Is she poisoned?"
Zhou Minghua asked someone to help Mrs. Xu go to the back room, and then put his fingers on her wrist. As soon as he touched Mrs. Xu's pulse, he immediately frowned. This was clearly a sign of arsenic poisoning. Strangely, recently
What's going on in this palace? Not long ago something happened over there, Liu promised, and now it's Xu Changzai's turn. But judging from her pulse, the amount of arsenic Xu Changzai took shouldn't be too much to kill her.
After confirming the symptoms, Zhou Minghua asked Zi Rong and others to quickly get water and drink it as much as possible for Xu to empty her stomach. He himself prescribed a detoxification prescription for Gong.
He hurriedly went to prepare the medicine according to the prescription. After the palace servants went down, Mrs. Xu hurriedly came up and said: "Mr. Zhou, can you also take a look at me to see if I am poisoned?"